An approach to health care financing with only one source of money for paying health
care providers. The scope may be national (the Canadian System), state-wide, or community-based.
The payer may be a governmental unit or other entity such as an insurance company.
The proposed advantages include administrative simplicity for patients and providers,
and resulting significant savings in overhead costs. (From Slee and Slee, Health Care
Reform Terms, 1993, p106)
Note générale sur le champ d'application :
a type of organized health-care financing
Point d'accès autorisé parallèle
Single-Payer System
Identifiants externes
Identifiant MeSH : mesD018855
Utilisation dans FMeSH
Qualificatifs autorisés : CL / EC / HI / LJ / OG / ST / TD / SN / ES96
Informations sur la notice
Identifiant de la notice : 040833933
RCR créateur de la notice : 0001
Date de création : 23-09-1998
RCR dernier modificateur de la notice : 4994
Date de dernière modification : 20-03-2024 à 10 h 16